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Re: Sin nature
I don't think Paul was saying he didn't have the ability to stop sinning, or else he would not have in other chapters and verses told others not to sin.
As far as Jesus is concerned I don't think he was born with the spiritual nature to sin, neither do I believe he ever wanted to sin at any time , nor did he ever have a desire to sin in the first place. If his nature were sinful or the same as humanities spiritual nature, he would have yielded to temptation just like mankind does every day.
I believe we can live above sin and will never believe that we have to sin.
The ones that are lost and separated from the life of god cannot stop from sinning, they do it without thought of their actions.
I mean come on, Adam had one commandment to keep. And chose the woman over God, and your telling me he was perfect before he fell. He may have been perfect in the sense he never broke any of God's commandments.But in the truth of who Adam really was is in the the witness that his desire was for himself and not for god.
That woman and being with her meant more than the spiritual fellowship he had with God. That's enough proof for me that just because he was created by the hand of god didn't make him perfect. In fact I really think that is the way god knew it would turn out, and also the way which he was expecting it to turn out.
Adam in no way is comparable to jesus in birth or spirit.
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